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video card trouble

amsjsj — Mon, 22 Aug 2016 06:18:21 GMT

This may well be due to the Refresh Rate (e.g. 60, 70, 72, etc. Hz) being
not supported by the monitor or the drivers (could be either video card or
monitor drivers).

- Check to see that the drivers you are using for your video card are the
latest and proper for your hardware.

- Next go to Advanced on video properties and change the monitor Refresh
Rate (NOT Resolution) down to 60Hz. If this greatly improves the image, your
issue is the Refresh Rate and you need to make sure your settings are within
the range appropriate for your monitor (check manual, mfr's website or their
tech support folks for info). If this doesn't help (assuming you have a 17"
or larger monitor . . . they should all support 1280x1024 Resolution
without problems), your monitor may be signaling "end of life" and need
replacing.

If you have another monitor available, try hooking that up to your computer
and see what happens (realize this requires changing monitor settings and
perhaps monitor drivers).

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Quote:

> I have windows xp, creativelabs live x-gamer, ecs motherboard(sis chipset)
> and the ati radeon 9200 se. My problem is on my monitor When i have the
> refreash rate to 1280 X 1024 16 bit or 32 bit. Everything on my display

has

Quote:

> a like a blur or shadow to it. But at the lower refresh rate its not to

bad

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> but still noticeable. I installed the ltest drivers. should i go back to
> drivers from cd? please help!
>
>

wierd problem please help

amsjsj — Mon, 22 Aug 2016 06:01:41 GMT

Please check the link below for help with this issue:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_d.htm#del

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amsjsj wrote:

Quote:

> I installed mcfee professional 7 on my xp machine. Well it makes a
> temp folder. Well I deleted this folder so now its in the recyled
> bin. Well the problem is it will not let me delte the folder. Says,
> Error delting file or folder. Cannot remove folder mcafee:cannont
> find specfic path. make sure you specify correct path and file name.
> Now I tried rebooting, reboot in safe move, reboot in safe mood with
> dos and tried to delete. and my last resort was use a startup disk
> from 98 and use the dos. Well it will not delete and in does it reads
> the folder as dc7. Wierd?????

Association problem

John Carter — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 03:02:56 GMT

John Carter wrote:

Quote:

> Windows XP Pro SP2
>
> I use CARDFILE.EXE from earlier versions of windows, and it
> woeked fine until Windows Cardspace was installed on my computer (I
> haven't figured that out yet). It took over the ".CRD" file type
> association. Nothing I could do could get the ".CRD" associated back
> with CARDFILE, until I d/l a program (OPENWITH ADD) that enabled me to
> set the association back to CARDFILE. I did so, but I have lost the
> ability to double-click on the ".CR%D" file and have CARDFILE open up
> the file for me to use. This is the registry entry made by the OPEN
> WITH ADD program: I did an export from regedit.
>
> Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\CARDFILE.EXE]
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\CARDFILE.EXE\shell]
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\CARDFILE.EXE\shell\ open]
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\CARDFILE.EXE\shell\ open\command]
> @="\"C:\\WINDOWS\\CARDFILE.EXE\" \"%1\""
>
> I have compared this export with any number of others to make sure the
> syntax is correct, and it matches to the character (except for the
> actual program name). Cardfile is a Windows app - it does not run in
> DOS.
>
> Note: When I double-click on my ROLODEX.CRD file name or desktop icon,
> the CARDFILE program does come up, bu with a blank list of cards with
> "untitled" in the title bar. I can click FILE/OPEN and navigate to
> ROLODEX.CRD and the it opens it no problem. I just can't get it to
> open the file in CARDFILE from a double-click. Also, the icon for the
> ROLODEX.CRD file is in fact the icon for CARDFILE.EXE, so I know the
> association is made, and can verify it in the registry.
>
> What in God's good grace am I missing here?

If you use cardfile.exe from Windows 3 or 95, you should not use quotes
around %1.

Firewall/Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) service on the local...

Charles W Davis — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 01:20:07 GMT

"Charles W Davis" wrote in message
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Quote:

> Computer Club member just brought in a computer.
> Windows XP SP 3 plus all others.
>
> He uninstalled Trendmicro Internet Security Pro. Attempted to reinstall,
> but came up with an error message. Referred to TrendMicro site which
> offered a program to "fix" things. The fix didn't fix and couldn't repair
> to complete the install. The member thereupon installed AVG Free.
>
> The Windows Firewall upon boot seems to be be working, but upon completion
> of but up the firewall is shut off.
>
> When attempting to turn the firewall on, the following message if
> presented:
>
> Could not start the Windows Firewall.
>
> I went to to Services and located the Windows Firewall/Internet Connection
> Sharing (ICS) service. Could not start. The message offered: "...Could not
> start the Windows Firewall/Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) service on
> the local computer.
> Error 10047: An address incompatible with the registered protocol was
> used...."
>
> Any thoughts?

Didn't know, but thought I'd hit Google just to educate myself. Zip, zilch,
nada.

On the other hand, there were plenty of hits with the word "requested"
instead of the "registered" you quoted, Googling thusly:

"xp firewall error 10047 "an address incompatible with the registered
protocol was used""

Did you look through any of the helpful sites in these results first?

Windows Logo Key plus "e" creates delay

Dariushd — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 01:20:00 GMT

When I press the Windows Logo key plus "e" to open the windows explorer,
there is about a 1 minute wait during which nothing happens. The taskbar,
furthermore, is locked and I cannot open the Start menu. I can easily double
click My Documents or My Computer icons on the desktop to open the explorer
window, even while I wait for the keyboard shortcut to work. The other
shortcuts (logo-f, logo-l, logo-r) all work fine and snappy quick. This has
happened recently perhaps sinc emy last round of updates on this new XP64 SP2
install. Very aggravating.

cannot remove folder <.......> The direct is not empty

robert — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 22:23:02 GMT

"Candy" wrote:

Quote:

> Hi all,
>
> Could anyone please help me. I have been trying for a while to delete a
> folder from my documents. Firstly when i try it says file name too long for
> recycle bin and asks if I want to permanently delete. I don't want them - so
> yes to all.
> Then it says cannot remove folder ........... The directory is not empty.
>
> I know the basics about computers, but when it comes to the technical stuff,
> I'd rather leave alone incase i mess it all up. Especially with dos etc.
>
> I have windows xp, when i've tried searching for help I have no luck.
>
> I'm asking if someone can exlpain this to me in "simple terms" please. Step
> by step would be a bonus.
>
> Also in add remove programmes, I have a very old kazaa file - very much
> unwanted but it won't unistall - says
>
> Setup has experienced an error
> please do the following
> close running programmes
> empty temp folder
> check internet connection
> then try to run setup again
>
> I have done all of this. Still no luck - When i look in programme files - it
> does not exist.
> Same applies to another file in add/remove - but that just sends error
> reports and doesn't explain why.
>
> Finally is there a way I can extend my (C:) drive my perhaps taking some
> memory from (D:) as they both hold 40G memory but only have 9%space in (C:)
> so can't defrag. unless i transfer files to (D:) but don't want to go long
> way round for files all the time etc.
>
> I'm sure you'll understand that I'm making no sense lol.
> Sorry to have written an essay - Please help!
> --
> Many Thanks and Kind regards

Missing START button/Icon on desktop

Justjim — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 21:19:01 GMT

I just reformatted a Dell Inspiron 6400 laptop and reinstalled windows XP Pro
then reloaded all of my programs. Everything was fine for a copuple of days
and I installed SP3.

Today, I cannot find the START icon/button usually found at the bottom of
the desktop or the date/time, network connections buttons. All there is is a
blank, black rectanguolar area where the other icons used to be. The desktop
shows all of my installed programs and they run fine.

In this black area my mouse cursor shows the hourglass when I place it over
the black area. And, I have to use the off button to turn the computer off.

Can anyone tellme where the missing Start button went and how to get it back?
\
Thanks for your help.

What can be deleted in Temp file ?

Peter Buttuls — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 04:00:42 GMT

That should fix it.

Thanks Peter

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> JS
>
> Check your settings in your OE newsreader. The OP's HTML code was returned
> with your reply to him
>
>
>
>
>
> --
> Peter
>
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> Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.
>
> "JS" <@> wrote in message news:uoPmYOxeJHA.3864@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> You can delete everything in the temp folder.
>
> There may be a few files that are in use, most of
> the "in use" file can't be deleted but
> you can easily identify these because they
> almost always have the current (today's) date.
>
> --
> JS
> http://www.pagestart.com
>
>
> "Peter Buttuls" wrote in message
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>
> Hi,
>
> In my directory... /Documents and Settings/Peter Buttuls/Local
> Settings/Temp,
> when I saved it as a backup I noticed that the folder Temp was about 500
> MB big.
> Can anyone give me criteria what files I can and cannot delete in that
> folder, because
> I remember once that someone who is not exactly a novice deleted a file
> in there
> which caused him problems. Also, I notice that the disk cleanup program
> does not
> mention that folder.
>
> Thanks,
> Peter

C Drive has lost a lot of space

Rainy — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 19:47:38 GMT

hi shenan,

in the first link you provided below, step 3 within that states :
"3. Go to C:\WINDOWS and delete "$NTServicePackUinistall$" about 240 mb.
Then go to Add/Remove Programs.
Click "Service Pack 1"(2), there will be an error since you just deleted the file.
Click YES to delete the shortcut."

The closest i see in add/remove is "microsoft .net framework 2.0 service pack 1"- is this what they mean re: the "service pack 1(2)) from above ? thanks~!

i tried to attach or insert a small capture of the image from add>remove, yet it won't allow me to do so - not sure why

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"Shenan Stanley" wrote in message news:OPuPQIneJHA.1532@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

Quote:

> Rainy wrote:

Quote:

>> windows XP Home
>> sp3
>>
>> A while back I asked for help on the space issue.in the C Drive.
>> and someone told me there is file somewhere that holds a lot of
>> unnessary information.. Mine was over 12gig... just one little
>> file.. :) and stupid me, I forgot to save the information.. This is
>> not for me, I have plenty of space.. but wonder if someone knows
>> what this file is? and can give me the steps to clean it..

>
> Information on how to clear up hard disk drive space...
>
> If you are comfortable with the stability of your system, you can delete the
> uninstall files for the patches that Windows XP has installed...
> http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/spack.htm
> ( Particularly of interest here - #4 )
> ( Alternative: http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_hotfix_backup.htm )
>
> You can run Disk Cleanup - built into Windows XP - to erase all but your
> latest restore point and cleanup even more "loose files"..
>
> How to use Disk Cleanup
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310312
>
> You can turn off hibernation if it is on and you don't use it..
>
> When you hibernate your computer, Windows saves the contents of the system's
> memory to the hiberfil.sys file. As a result, the size of the hiberfil.sys
> file will always equal the amount of physical memory in your system. If you
> don't use the hibernate feature and want to recapture the space that Windows
> uses for the hiberfil.sys file, perform the following steps:
>
> - Start the Control Panel Power Options applet (go to Start, Settings,
> Control Panel, and click Power Options).
> - Select the Hibernate tab, clear the "Enable hibernation" check box, then
> click OK; although you might think otherwise, selecting Never under the
> "System hibernates" option on the Power Schemes tab doesn't delete the
> hiberfil.sys file.
> - Windows will remove the "System hibernates" option from the Power Schemes
> tab and delete the hiberfil.sys file.
>
> You can control how much space your System Restore can use...
>
> 1. Click Start, right-click My Computer, and then click Properties.
> 2. Click the System Restore tab.
> 3. Highlight one of your drives (or C: if you only have one) and click on
> the "Settings" button.
> 4. Change the percentage of disk space you wish to allow.. I suggest moving
> the slider until you have just about 1GB (1024MB or close to that...)
> 5. Click OK.. Then Click OK again.
>
> You can control how much space your Temporary Internet Files can utilize...
>
> Empty your Temporary Internet Files and shrink the size it stores to a
> size between 64MB and 128MB..
>
> - Open ONE copy of Internet Explorer.
> - Select TOOLS -> Internet Options.
> - Under the General tab in the "Temporary Internet Files" section, do the
> following:
> - Click on "Delete Cookies" (click OK)
> - Click on "Settings" and change the "Amount of disk space to use:" to
> something between 64MB and 128MB. (It may be MUCH larger right
> now.)
> - Click OK.
> - Click on "Delete Files" and select to "Delete all offline contents"
> (the checkbox) and click OK. (If you had a LOT, this could take 2-10
> minutes or more.)
> - Once it is done, click OK, close Internet Explorer, re-open Internet
> Explorer.
>
> You can use an application that scans your system for log files and
> temporary files and use that to get rid of those:
>
> Ccleaner (Free!)
> http://www.ccleaner.com/
>
> Other ways to free up space..
>
> SequoiaView
> http://www.win.tue.nl/sequoiaview/
>
> JDiskReport
> http://www.jgoodies.com/freeware/jdiskreport/index.html
>
> Those can help you visually discover where all the space is being used.
>
> If you are concerned over less than 5GB of space total at any given time
> being freed up on your hard disk drive - then something is wrong and
> you would be better off spending a little and putting in a drive that is
> likely 3-8 times as large as what you have not and not concerning
> yourself over such a small amount of space OR you seriously need
> to consider what you really need on the system and what should be
> archived.
>
> Basic housekeeping 101... - in an actual home, if your storage area gets
> full - you either have to decide what you really should have in the storage
> area and what could go or you have to find a new place to store stuff
> that will accommodate everything you need. You don't walk into a
> warehouse of cars, look at the filing cabinet in the corner where
> you keep all the records for the cars and decide that if you move it out of
> the warehouse - you will have more room for cars. ;-)
>
> --
> Shenan Stanley
> MS-MVP
> --
> How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>
>

Environment vars

Jim Brown — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 14:51:06 GMT

Hi,

I need to define a set of env vars that point to a particular file tree like
so: APP_VER = C:\APP.1.2.3. I then use that var in other vars like so: PATH
= %APP_VER%\bin;... We changes versions quite often, and all I want to need
to do is change the value of APP_VER and the other vars change accordingly.
(I use the System Properties dialog to set the vars.)

The problem is that after a period of time, %APP_VER% gets replaced with
its value in the other vars, i.e. it gets expanded like so:
PATH=C:\APP.1.2.3\bin;...

How does that happen and what can I do to prevent the expansion?

Thank you,
Jim

Mouse or Frame freezing

Christina — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 11:22:01 GMT

Help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My mouse of perhaps the screen keeps freezing when I am in the middle of
programs and I am unable to find a cause.
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Yours most gratefully
Christina

Share firewire devices from a Mac using wireless network?

TBLUHP — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 03:33:31 GMT

TBLUHP,

The Feb. 2009 issue of PC World Magazine has an article titled "Set Up a
Cros-Platform Network Easily" on page 41.

Milt

"TBLUHP" wrote:

Quote:

> How can I share my 2 firewire device
> 1) external drive
> 2) CD/DVD burner
>
> from my Mac to a XP computer?
>

Task bar left over from Safe Mode

Dan Drewry — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 03:28:40 GMT

I don't know about W94 Pro but you could try:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm
Taskbar Repair Tool Plus!

It's designed for WinXP.
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"Dan Drewry" wrote:

Quote:

> I had a reason to go to safe mode, and when I returned the task bar
> (bottom line of screen showing "START", active programs, etc.) is still
> in the large black & white font from safe mode. Everything else is
> normal. Power off and power on hasn't fixed it. Any way to get my old
> format back? Using W94 Pro, Firefox, Thunderbird.
> Thanks.
>

Removing Outlook Express

jw@eldorado.com — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 23:47:34 GMT

> Oh boy!

Quote:

>
> I have a problem. I have discovered how hard it
> apparently is to
> remove Outlook Express in XP.
>
> My son in Calif has messed up his OE so bad I
> figure the best thing
> for him to do is uninstall the thing and then
> reinstall. Imagine my
> dismay to discover how involved that is.
>
> So - can anyone tell me a simple (I emphasize
> simple) way that he do
> what I think he should do?
>
> There is a program to do this I think I see
> (Google), but you gotta
> pay for the dang thing. Is that my only choice?
>
> Help!
>
> Duke

Best/easiest thing to do is download and install a
new IE6 (or IE7 if you want tabbed browsing and
other things it offers). They're both available
from the Microsoft site. That way everything gets
reloaded and reinstalled.

You can't remove OE: It's part of IE which in
turn is part of XP; an integral part. Any program
that claims to fully "remove" OE is lying and it
cannot be done, from everything I've read. It CAN
be made invisible so it'll seem to not be there,
but the needed parts obviously will still be there
or the machine wouldn't boot properly. I've no
actual experience with that but I've read it
enough from reputable resources (non MS) to
believe it's the case.

Get IE6 or 7 right from MS; don't trust a site
that could have bastardized it and done who knows
what to it or you could end up with even more
problems.

OR, if you have your original XP CD, you could use
Control Panel's add/remove, add/remove windows
COMPONENTS to do essentially the same thing.

HTH,

Twayne

HTH,

Twayne

How to search for text

SomeOldGuy — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 22:16:42 GMT

"SomeOldGuy" wrote in message
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Quote:

>I must be doing something wrong!
>
> When I use Windows Search to search for text within a file, it works if
> the
> file has a .txt extension but not if it's a .css, .html, .js or other
> file.
>
> What I try is this (on Windows XP):
>
> Click on "Start"
> Click on "Search"
>
> In the "All or part of the file name" field, I enter *.html or *.css
>
> In the "A word of phrase in the file" field, I enter the text I am
> searching
> for. This can be as simple as a single word, such as banana or peach.
>
> In the "Look in" field, I choose "browse" and select the appropriate
> folder.
>
> I click the "Search" button.
>
> NO RESULTS EVER FOUND, but if I rename the files as *.txt and change that
> entry in the "All of part of the file name" field, the seach is
> successful.
>
> What am I doing wrong???
>
> Thanks in advance for any advice. I have lots of non "text" files that
> are
> in fact text (Notepad will open them with no trouble) but can't get
> Windows
> Search to find anything unless the file is specifically a .txt file.
>
> Thanks in advance for any advice offered.
>

You're doing nothing wrong - this is "by design". Microsoft really messed up
with this one, IMHO: XP's search function will, by default, NOT search
within all file types. Check out the official griff at:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/309173: "Using the "A word or phrase in the
file" search criterion may not work."

I'd recommend scrolling down to Method 2 - or, if you're comfortable editing
the registry, just make the following simple tweak, which I'll quote from
near the end of that page:

"...set the FilterFilesWithUnknownExtensions DWORD value to 1 in the
following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\ContentIndex"

The usual warnings about registry editing apply - be careful, take a backup,
caveat emptor, etc.

I just don't trust Windows to search "properly" since I first chanced upon
this; searching worked fine under Windows 2000, but then MS had to start
"improving" it. I now always use Agent Ransack
(http://www.mythicsoft.com/agentransack/) - it's far superior to XP's
utility in just about every respect, and is freeware.